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Acquia Certification Program

Validate and promote your Drupal skills. Hire with confidence. Stand out from the crowd. Acquia Certification exams are administered at Kryterion Testing Centers in more than 750 locations across the globe. Exams are also available as online proctored tests. Register online for your exam appointment.

Digital agencies and Acquia partners use Acquia Certification to reduce risk by validating skills of prospective hires. Our certification program ensures your developers all meet a standard bar of skills across knowledge domains; fielding a certified team differentiates you in the marketplace and helps you win business. Some Acquia delivery partners are required to certify team members to achieve Qualified Delivery Team status.

Acquia customers with in-house teams use certification to keep current with the latest in Drupal knowledge and Acquia Platform skills. Certifying your team helps you get the most out of your Acquia investment.

Individual Drupalists use Acquia Certification to establish their competence in a competitive marketplace, and stand out to prospective employers.

Acquia & Drupal Certification Tracks and Exams

Acquia Certification has three distinct tracks catering to knowledge and skills demands of the industry and Drupal learning paths.

Drupal 8 Certification Track

Acquia Certified Site Builder – D8

The Acquia Certified Drupal 8 Site Builder is a credential intended for professionals who build Drupal sites using core and contributed modules. This exam is designed to validate skills and knowledge of a Drupal Site Builder. This test focuses on knowledge of Drupal 8 and topic areas including Drupal features, content and user management, content modeling, site display, community and contributed projects, module and theme management, security and performance.

This exam validates a candidate’s ability to:

Plan, build, and manage Drupal 8-based solutions.

Understand the core Drupal practices for site building.

Develop and maintain applications using Drupal site building tools.

Install and configure new Drupal modules and themes.

The basic knowledge and skills required at this level should include all of the following areas and objective components.

Drupal

Professional experience using Drupal

Setup and configure Drupal sites

Model content architectures

Manage Drupal content and users

Install and configure contributed Drupal modules and themes

Web and IT Knowledge

Experience in developing Drupal websites and web applications

HTML

Basic CSS, JavaScript/jQuery knowledge

Basic PHP knowledge

These training courses or other equivalent methodologies will assist in exam preparation:

Note: This exam blueprint includes topics /domains and test objectives to help guide the test taker. They should not be construed as a comprehensive listing of all of the content of this examination.

The table below lists the domains measured by this examination and the extent to which they are represented.

Domain

Number of Questions

1.0 Understanding Drupal

3

2.0 Working with a Drupal site

10

3.0 Content modeling

12

4.0 Site display

6

5.0 Site configuration

7

6.0 Community and contributed projects

4

7.0 Module and theme management

4

8.0 Security and performance

4

TOTAL

50

Note: This exam blueprint includes topics /domains and test objectives to help guide the test taker. They should not be construed as a comprehensive listing of all of the content of this examination.

Test Format:

Test item formats used in this examination are:

Multiple-choice: Examinee selects one option that best answers the question or completes a statement.

Multiple-response: Examinee selects more than one option that best answers the question or completes a statement.

Content

1.0: Understanding Drupal

1.1. Demonstrate the ability to explain the distinct and differentiating features of Drupal.
1.2. Demonstrate the understanding of Drupal jargon and terminology.

2.0: Working with a Drupal site.

2.1 Given a scenario, determine how administration tools are used for site management.
2.2 Given a scenario, demonstrate ability to configure user accounts.
2.3 Given a scenario of a completed content item, identify which elements are taxonomy terms, image fields or text fields.
2.4 Given an example of a page layout, determine what is content versus a block.
2.5 Demonstrate an ability to troubleshoot problems related to content, configuration and maintenance.

4.1 Demonstrate the ability to control the display of content across various regions of the site using the block system.
4.2 Demonstrate the ability to provide different presentations of content entities (like nodes, comments, user profiles, terms, etc.) for editing or viewing.
4.3 Demonstrate the ability to to create, manage and display lists of content using Drupal views.

5.0: Site configuration

5.1 Demonstrate the ability to use the various options related to site configuration like account settings, content authoring, development, search, site and system settings, media.
5.2 Demonstrate the ability to use the configuration and synchronization options to import, export, compare configuration across environments.

6.0: Community and contributed projects

6.1 Given a scenario, identify when a contributed module would be needed.
6.2 Given example project data, evaluate the health of projects.
6.3 Identify ways of community participation.
6.4 Demonstrate knowledge of how to report issues against either core or contributed modules.

Acquia Certified Developer – D8

The purpose of Acquia Certified Developer - D8 exam is to validate skills and knowledge of a Drupal Developer in the areas of Fundamental web concepts, Site Building, Front end development (theming), and Back end development (coding). This exam is based on Drupal 8 platform.

This exam validates a candidate’s ability to:

Design, develop and deploy Drupal 8 based solutions

Understand the core Drupal 8 basic architecture best practices for front and back end development

Develop and maintain applications using Drupal 8 front and back end development

Develop and implement new Drupal 8 modules and themes

Customize and extend existing modules and themes

The basic knowledge and skills required at this level should include all of the following areas and objective components.

Acquia Certified Front End Specialist – D8

The purpose of Acquia Certified Front End Specialist exam is to validate skills and knowledge of a Drupal Developer in the area of Front end Development (Theming). This exam is based on Drupal 8 platform.

This exam validates a candidate’s ability to:

Design, develop and deploy Drupal 8 based solutions focusing on the front end.

Understand the core Drupal 8 basic architecture best practices for site building and theme development

Develop and implement new Drupal 8 themes

Customize and extend existing themes

The basic knowledge and skills required at this level should include all of the following areas and objective components.

2.1 Demonstrate ability to define and use custom regions in a theme.
2.2 Demonstrate ability to work with theme configuration.
2.3 Demonstrate knowledge of working with stylesheets.
2.4 Demonstrate knowledge of working with JavaScript in a theme.
2.5 Demonstrate knowledge of working with Breakpoints in a theme.
2.6 Demonstrate ability to build a sub-theme from a base theme.

4.1 Demonstrate ability to create and configure blocks for building layouts.
4.2 Demonstrate ability to create and configure views for building content list pages, blocks and feeds.
4.3 Demonstrate ability to configure and use responsive image module.

5.0: Performance

5.1 Demonstrate ability to analyze and resolve site performance issues arising from site configuration.
5.2 Demonstrate ability to analyze and resolve site performance issues arising from custom theme.

2.1 Demonstrate an ability to register paths to define how URL requests are handled in Drupal using routing system and Menu API.
2.2 Demonstrate ability to build, alter, validate and submit forms using Form API.
2.3 Demonstrate ability to interact with the entity system using Entity API.
2.4 Demonstrate ability to use core APIs for building and extending Drupal functionality.

Acquia Certified Site Builder – D7

The Acquia Certified Site Builder is a credential intended for professionals who build Drupal sites using core and contributed modules. This exam is designed to validate skills and knowledge of a Drupal Site Builder. This test focuses on knowledge of Drupal 7 and topic areas including Drupal features, Content and User Management,Content Modeling, Site Display, Community and Contributed Projects, Module and Theme Management, Security and Performance.

This exam validates a candidate’s ability to:

Plan, build, and manage Drupal 7-based solutions

Understand the core Drupal practices for site building

Develop and maintain applications using Drupal site building tools

Install and configure new Drupal modules and themes

Drupal

Professional experience using Drupal

Set-up and configure Drupal sites

Model content architectures

Manage Drupal content and users

Install and configure contributed Drupal modules and themes

Web and IT Knowledge

Experience in developing Drupal websites and web applications

HTML

Basic CSS, JavaScript/jQuery knowledge

Basic PHP knowledge

These training courses or other equivalent methodologies will assist in exam preparation:

Note: Note: This exam blueprint includes topics /domains and test objectives to help guide the test taker. They should not be construed as a comprehensive listing of all of the content of this examination.

The table below lists the domains measured by this examination and the extent to which they are represented. (subject to change)

Section

% of Examination

1.0 Drupal features

10%

2.0 Content and user management

18%

3.0 Content modeling

24%

4.0 Site display

20%

5.0 Community and contributed projects

8%

6.0 Model and theme management

8%

7.0 Security and performance

12%

TOTAL

100%

Test Format:

Test item formats used in this examination are:

Multiple-choice: Examinee selects one option that best answers the question or completes a statement.

Multiple-response: Examinee selects more than one option that best answers the question or completes a statement.

Content

Section 1 Drupal features

1.1 Demonstrate the ability to explain the distinct and differentiating features of Drupal.
1.2 Given a scenario, identify specific Drupal features such as core modules, blocks or core content types used for site building.

Section 2 Content and user management

2.1 Given a scenario, determine how administration tools are used for site management.
2.2 Given a scenario, demonstrate ability to configure user accounts.
2.3 Given a scenario of a completed content item, identify which elements are taxonomy terms, image fields or text fields.
2.4 Given an example of a page layout, determine what is content versus a block.

Section 3 Content modeling

3.1 Given a scenario, determine the need for a custom content type.
3.2 Given a scenario, identify which field types or widgets would be appropriate for a content type design.
3.3 Given a scenario, identify which content type defaults should be set.
3.4 Demonstrate ability to configure both controlled vocabularies and free tagging with taxonomy.
3.5 Demonstrate ability to configure file and image fields, including image resizing options.
3.6 Demonstrate ability to configure text formats appropriately to specific needs.

Section 4 Site display

4.1 Given a scenario, identify the display types created with views.
4.2 Given a scenario, identify the differences between using the menu system, block system or views.
4.3 Given a scenario, identify the appropriate permission configuration options.
4.4 Given a scenario, identify how a path was created.
4.5 Given a scenario, determine how to use blocks to display content within regions.

Section 5 Community and contributed projects

5.1 Given a scenario, identify when a contributed module would be needed.
5.2 Given example project data, evaluate the health of projects.
5.3 Identify ways of community participation.
5.4 Demonstrate knowledge of how to report issues against either core or contributed modules.

2.1. Demonstrate ability to create and configure content types with appropriate fields and field settings for building basic data structures.
2.2. Demonstrate ability to configure field display and view modes for content types.
2.3. Demonstrate ability to create and use taxonomy vocabularies and terms for classification and organization of content.
2.4. Demonstrate ability to configure blocks for building layouts from information widgets.
2.5. Demonstrate ability to build main and alternative navigation systems by using menus.
2.6. Demonstrate ability to create and configure Views for building content list pages, blocks and feeds.

You are running a popular local news portal. A mobile app developer in your area approached you for a permission to syndicate your content on their mobile app. They are requesting the content be made available as a feed rather than in HTML format.

How can you provide list of latest articles in RSS format?

Create a view with a Feed display filtering only the Articles content type.

Create a view with a Page display filtering only the Articles content type and under filter options enable the RSS filter

Create a view with a Page display filtering only the Articles content type and under Style output options select RSS Feed instead of Unformatted List

Create a view with a Page display filtering only the Articles content type, modifying the .tpl.php file for the view and render the output in RSS format

Please note: This sample question is to give a test taker an example of the format and style of the questions that appear on the exam. This question does not appear on the exam itself.

2.1 Demonstrate ability to define and use custom regions in a theme.
2.2 Demonstrate ability to work with theme settings.
2.3 Demonstrate knowledge of working with stylesheets.
2.4 Demonstrate knowledge of working with JavaScript in a theme.

Domain 3.0: Sub-theming concepts

3.1 Demonstrate ability to build a sub-theme from a base theme.
3.2 Demonstrate ability to work with templates and pre-process functions in a sub-theme.

Domain 4.0: Templates

4.1 Demonstrate ability to build and customize core templates for managing markup.
4.2 Demonstrate ability to work with template suggestions.

6.1 Demonstrate ability to configure field display and view modes for content types.
6.2 Demonstrate ability to create and configure blocks for building layouts.
6.3 Demonstrate ability to create and configure views for building content list pages, blocks and feeds.

Domain 7.0: Performance

7.1 Demonstrate ability to analyze and resolve site performance issues arising from site configuration.
7.2 Demonstrate ability to analyze and resolve security issues arising from site custom code.

2.1 Demonstrate an ability to register paths to define how URL requests are handled in Drupal using hook_menu and hook_menu_alter.
2.2 Demonstrate ability to build, alter, validate and submit forms using Form API.
2.3 Demonstrate ability to interact with the node system using hook_node_*.
2.4 Demonstrate ability to interact with the block system using hook_block_*.
2.5 Demonstrate ability to use core system hooks like hook_boot, hook_init, hook_cron, hook_mail, hook_file*.
2.6 Determine order of hooks to enhance performance.

2.1 Demonstrate understanding of key features of Acquia Cloud.
2.2 Demonstrate ability to configure various aspects of an environment.
2.3 Demonstrate ability to configure teams and users.

Domain 3.0: Drupal development workflow on Acquia Cloud

3.1 Demonstrate ability to install a new Drupal site on Acquia Cloud.
3.2 Demonstrate ability to set up local development environment for working with Acquia Cloud.
3.3 Demonstrate ability to deploy code, database and files to various environments.
3.4 Demonstrate ability to manage Drupal site configurations across various environment.
3.5 Demonstrate ability to use Cloud API for workflow automation.

Domain 4.0: Acquia Cloud best practices

4.1 Demonstrate understanding of best practices for performance enhancement.
4.2 Demonstrate understanding of security best practices.
4.3 Demonstrate understanding of best practices for live deployment.

Acquia Certified Site Factory Pro

This exam is designed to validate skills and knowledge of developers, technical managers and architects in the area of designing, implementing and maintaining Acquia Cloud Site Factory (ACSF)-based solutions.

This exam is meant for Senior Developers, Technical Managers and Architects working on the Site Factory platform.

This exam validates a candidate’s ability to:

Understand the features provided by Acquia Cloud Site Factory (ACSF)

Understand and use Platform Administration functionality provided by ACSF

Implement an optimum development workflow to work with ACSF codebase

Understand and implement ACSF development and deployment best practices

Domains

Note: This exam blueprint includes topics/domains and test objectives to help guide the test taker. They should not be construed as a comprehensive listing of all of the content of this examination.

Domain

% of Examination

1.0 Fundamental web hosting and Drupal architecture concepts

15%

2.0 Acquia Cloud Site Factory features and interface

30%

3.0 Site builder and developer workflows on Acquia Cloud Site Factory

40%

4.0 Acquia Cloud Site Factory best practices

15%

TOTAL

100%

Test Format:

Test item formats used in this examination are:

Multiple-choice: Examinee selects one option that best answers the question or completes a statement.

Multiple-response: Examinee selects more than one option that best answers the question or completes a statement.

Domain 3.0: Site builder and developer workflows on Acquia Cloud Site Factory

3.1 Demonstrate ability to launch and manage sites.
3.2 Demonstrate understanding of code and release management.
3.3 Demonstrate ability to manage theming of Site Factory-based sites.
3.4 Demonstrate ability to deploy a custom Drupal distribution.
3.5 Demonstrate ability to use staging and testing capabilities in Site Factory.
3.6 Demonstrate ability to use Site Factory API for managing sites.

Domain 4.0: Acquia Cloud Site Factory best practices

4.1 Demonstrate understanding of governance models for managing large number of sites.
4.2 Demonstrate understanding of security and performance best practices.
4.3 Demonstrate understanding of best practices for site content and configuration staging.

Acquia Certified Lift Pro

The purpose of this exam is to validate the skills and knowledge of developers, digital marketing professionals and architects in the area of designing, implementing and maintaining Personalization Campaigns using Acquia Lift suite of products.

This exam validates a candidate's ability to:

Understand the features provided by Acquia Lift

Configure Acquia Lift suite of products for building personalization campaigns.

Understand and implement Acquia Lift personalization best practices

Domains

Note: This exam blueprint includes topics /domains and test objectives to help guide the test taker. They should not be construed as a comprehensive listing of all of the content of this examination.

Domain

% of Examination

1.0 Fundamental Personalization Concepts

10%

2.0 Installation and initial Configuration

20%

3.0 Profile Manager / Campaign Builder

50%

4.0 Experience Builder / Visual Editor

20%

TOTAL

100%

Test Format:

Test item formats used in this examination are:

Multiple-choice: Examinee selects one option that best answers the question or completes a statement.

Multiple-response: Examinee selects more than one option that best answers the question or completes a statement.

Drupal 8 Study Guides

Drupal 7 Certified Developer Study Guide

Whether you are an expert Drupalist or a relatively new one, this guide will provide you with an insight into the nature of the exam, give you clear advice on how you can prepare, and provide some useful exam-taking tips.

Drupal and Acquia Product Tutorials

These task-oriented, hands-on tutorials help you leverage common tasks with Drupal on the Acquia Platform. Each one walks you through step-by-step instructions, with structured lessons to help you reach your final goal.

Acquia Certification Program Agreement

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